Fingertip

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  • noun. The extreme end or tip of a finger.
  • idiom. (at (one's) fingertips) Readily or instantly available.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In archery, a tip of leather or other material worn upon a drawing-finger to protect it from the friction of the bowstring.
  • noun. plural On the coast of southern California, a plant of the stonecrop family, Stylophyllum edule, with tufted cylindrical leaves the size of a lead-pencil. The Indians used the leaves as a salad.
  • noun. The end or tip of a finger.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. the end (tip) of a finger.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The end of the finger.
  • verb. to move or deflect with the fingertips
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the end (tip) of a finger
  • Word Usage
    "And there are the scars which recall happy moments: one on my fingertip from a knife that slipped when I was chopping onions too fast, cooking up a storm for the man I loved."
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